Housing a Hot Commodity in Eagle County
by: Kris Valdez, AICP - Eagle County
The housing market is driven by the law of supply and demand. Never has this been more evident than in Eagle County. Families may wait years to obtain a deed restricted unit, and once people find housing, instead of moving around when the ski season is over, they’re staying because there's nowhere else to go if they want to keep their job. There is a disconnect between antiquated land use regulations pushing suburban type development and the need for affordable housing located around transportation and close to jobs and amenities.

Can Colorado Mountain Resort Communities Meet Affordable Housing Demands?
A look at affordable deed restricted housing in Telluride Colorado
by: Michelle Haynes, Town of Mountain Village
Colorado resort mountain communities have seen an increase in affordable housing demands since the Great Recession but otherwise recognized since the 1980’s in the Telluride region and similar mountain resort communities. Contributing factors include free market housing trends. Free market homes traditionally used for workforce housing have been renovated, sold and used as second homes. lluride